T H E TORCH OF REASON, S IL V E R T O N , OREGON, OCTOBER 4. E. M. 300 (1900.)
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Spookism Versus B u sin ess.
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P erhaps the stran g est p art of
this spook business is the fact th a t
commonsense business
Business men,
men, who
have never known and would not
for a m in u te believe in any such
thing in connection with their bus
iness; who, in fact, know’ as cer
tain ly as they know an y th in g th at
the universality and im m u tab ility
of n atu ra l law is a postulate not
«». . T
Kev. M inot J, Savage asks: “ Will
they Pray in the church of th e fu-
ture >’ and adds: “ The only thing
'n
prayer of the past th a t any
neW t ^eory °f the universe th re a t-
ens to outgrow and leave behind is
th at which all noble men and wo
men ought to get rid of. We have
outgrown th a t conception of prayer
th a t supposes th a t we, petty, ig
norant,
p e tu lan t changing children,
D° ra
have power to interfere with the
universe.”
Guilded Points.
BY JO H N P . G U ILD .
diamonds .
A good conscience with a poor
¡,„V"e u° f tbe r* rest gifts is th e ta le n t to
judgem ent is a very troublesom e judge accu rately a d iam ond in all it«
various q u alitie s. As gen iu s for tn u ik
thing.
or p a in tin g m u st be in b o rn to produce
There is nothing quite so m is the g reat a rtis t, so th e faculty to X -
t y d e te rm in e a d iam ond in all its
chievous, as are good intentions
f ' ,d •’* “ ^ -« eristic « ea,;
m isdirected.
n e \e r tie acq u ired , unless by th e rare
few who are gifted in th is direction
4
B etter be in hell with reason, dealer m ay be a good jew eler, a success
than in heaven insane. Folly will ful m erc h an t an d an h o n est m an and
y et deceive you on a d iam o n d , sim ply
K
m ake hell of heaven; wisdom will because he him self is deceived.
been In th e business forty years I
Let us learn wisdom from the m ake heaven of hell.
n?U d. h ° niti re k ‘ deceived7 on a d ia
heathen (so-called
and
su b
th e re are some things which get m ond th a n th e c a sh ie r of th e Bank of
scribe to the sentim ent of the J a p helped along by being kicked; the E n g lan d could be on a b a n k n o te . W hen
buying d iam o n d s I use no glasses ask
anese (shinto) poet, M ichizane:
L. U. O. is one of them .
Kick no q u estio n s ex cep t tb e p r i ^ ; ’ m
acute vision in sta n tly d etects th e slig h t-
away.
im p e ^ c U o n 06 V CO,°-r 6Very flaw and
only in accordance with all exper
ience, but one which could not be
violated w ithout throw ing into iu-
extricible confusion the whole bus
iness of hu m an society,— th a t such
men can be m ade to believe the
‘ ‘Only if our in n er h e a rt is in h arm o n y
very reverse of this when they get
Sin
w ith th e tru e wav
w hat does som e h u rt; 11 I>e n e t turn. \ o u r in te re sts will be
’ s'.' d "y
l? e - " >'uu w ant
into the han d s of men and women T he gods will p ro tect us, even though R ight is w hat does some good. a R h ii
in n g ’ ln ’ b t o d ,e tc ., for $10, $20, $50
who are alm ost in v ariab ly vulgar,
we do not p ra y .”
Morals is a m atter of justice, and iio t' o r up, send to m e. I » ill send
o ,,an*ird,’“i‘L K<* P tllem '*
uneducated, cunning and grasping — F aith or Fact.
justice is a m atter of m athem atics. or‘t»
I undem e . iy “ U arv
8‘ltieliwl th a t
ch arlatan s. F o r w hat does the
PeUt° r8’ return
The wrong thing about all godly get
sp iritu a list
claim
am ount to?
C lS in s f° i
price ,i8t of W atches,
Sim ply an assertion th a t work can An Unverified Uprising of Citi religions is the scheme to get some H
i ’e nJ e 1Welry, Silverw are, Free-
thing w ithout earning it.
Free
be done w ithout th e expenditure of
y Trait ‘‘T?8’- InK?rs° n
and
zens.
l ’ Ihei8In ,n th e C ru c ib le,”
salvation is w orthless unless work ,,-cc
force; th a t substance can be crea
ed out.
ted and again a n n ih ilated , or “ de
There are two radically wrong
The ascension is not m entioned
m aterialized”; th a t bodiless “ spir
O tto W e tts te in ,
its ” can m ake sounds th a t we know by Mathew, M ark, and John. things about Bible m orals; The Bi
R o c h e lle , I II.
require vocal organs, an d other o r Luke says sim ply th a t Jesus, in ble m is-states m an ’s status, m aking
gans to set those vocal organs in blessing his disciples at B ethany, him to be to tally depraved; and it
m otion; and a general reversal of was parted from them and carried m is-states the ground of rig h t do
UST AS NATURAL “,C
ing,
m
aking
it
to
be
the
com
m
and
and a pxal deal more reliable. Doewi t
up
into
heaven,
and
in
the
Acts
of
all our present day scientific no
break ft« eggs or make ita thick» louev.
Doe»ll’tat»y off the neatand allow the CgU*
of
god,
instead
of
the
condition
lo c h ili but hatci.ee every einf that can i.
of
tions.
And we are asked to ex the Apostles it is asserted th a t “ he
hatched.
TH E
things.
plain the tricks or “ investigate” was taken up and a cloud received
PETALUMA INCUBATOI)
C hristians profess to follow
the stories supposed to su b sta n ti him out of th eir sig h t.”
li t . * ! ? .! * n<l v «*l,t l l i | <lon. F o r 60 to JW) eirirs.
PAW
ANYWHERE in th e V. S. Handsome catalog free
ate these things, un d er pain, if we
This m iraculous disappearance m aster— som etim es a long way be FREIGHT
t e tu lu m a In c u b a to r Co . B ox
, P e ta lu m a . < » L
F reethinkers have some
refuse to do so, of being condem ned was not any more wonderful than hind.
as one who does not desire “ tru th 1” his m iraculous appearing and d is thing better than a m aster to fol
V erily, we are in a strange world appearing at his several m eetings low— the idea of ratio n al liberty
SAM
M°piee of l9C
on address
in PLE
i l u upon
Newspapers
and diffeient
Maeazin» « Loading
M..»>
—or we are in a stran g e epoch of with his disciples; but, if such a A poor soldier can follow his file tuiy
receipt of 10 c e n ts to
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It takes a hero to p lan t Liberty St, Indianapolis, Ind.
its evolution. T ru th !
No, Secu thing had really happened, it would leader.
M « N.
larists have nothing to gain by not only have been noted down the flag on the enem ies’ walls.
suppressing tru th .
T ru th is w hat with m inuteness by all the lookers-
H elp the Liberal U niversity to
we are “ after” certainly; but not on, but it would have been known p lan t reason, refinem ent and rig h t
)he W iley B.
wild-goose spook stories,— Secular and com mented upon by outsiders. eousness in the field of its young
Allen Co
Thought.
The question of im m o rtality is students, and where the soil is good
T h e O ldest ! th e
L argest !
M usic
one of equal interest to the whole for a n y th in g but thistles, there will
S to re. L ead in g P i
No Prayer.
race, and the chief priests and the grow a harvest to bless and glorify
anos a n d O rgans.
Roman governor would have been H um anity, such as is not possible
309.311 F irs t S t .,
PORTLAND. o R E
by
the
cu
ltu
re
of
orthodox
Christi
BY H . M. TABER .
as giad as anyone else to be assured
th a t a m an had really risen from anity.
J u s t here comes in the
It is all rig h t and needful to fell
Miss Susan H . W ixon, of F all the dead.
River, delivered an ad m irable ad- testim ony of M athew’s gospel, that the thorny wilderness of ignorance
dress on the subject: “ W ill the “ m any bodies of the saints which and superstition and rascality, but T h e ablest p u b lic a tio n o f tbe kin d in the W o rld
S ix ty -fo u r pages. Illu s tra te d . P u b lished M o n th ly .
com ing woman go to c h u rc h ? ” slept arose and came out of the unless the fruits of science, philos P rice li.o o a year. F o r T W E N T Y - F IV E C E N T S
H er conclusions were th a t the “com graves after his resurrection, and ophy and h u m an ity are planted in it w ill be m a ile d to any address T H R E E flO N T M S
Address F R E E T H O U G H T M A G A Z IN E .
ing w om an” would not go to went into the holy city and ap their place, the evil trees will up-
213 E. Indiana St., Chicago, 111
sprout and grow thicker and higher
church, because (w hen th e com ing peared unto m any.”
W hatever degree of prejudice than before, and like the m an who
woman cam e) there would be no
church to go to, th a t is, to any m ight have prevented the enemies had the unclean sp irit cast out,
0 0 Worth ol
church where they read the Bible of Jesus from believing in such as taking no good ones, but seven bad
indiscrim inately, sing praises to sertions respecting him, there was ones as ten an ts, the last state is
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the “ unknow n q u a n tity ” called the nothing to hinder the recognition worse th an the first.
FREE!
T rin ity , or pray to an im possible of th at com pany of resuscitated
The story of the life and death
“ S ecular S cience and
C ommon S e n s e ” p o in ts
Deity. So we m ay assum e th a t citizens, and the prom ulgation of of .Jesus is a graiid illu stra tio n of
th e w a y to th e g o a l o f
y o u r a m b itio n . A m a g a
the com ing woman will not pray the glad tidings of their continued the general cussedness, if not of the
z in e o f A d v a n c e d Free
and for sim ilar reasons, viz., th a t existence.
total depravity of a large p art of Modern Id ea, of Rep,rm >*and S'aTn'r»!
a l d e m o n s tra te d tru th s .
Such an event would have been m ankind. I he iron rule of evil for • 1 ^ “ m a n 't to y p !■ r a u c n tic
there will be no church to go to
d e rg o in g im p o r ta n t p h y s ic a l
c tu a l, a n d s o c ia l c h a n g e s . P ro g re s s de
where prayers are requisite. We heralded over the whole known good is still in vogue, and a head m in a te n lle
d s th e re n d in g o f s la v e r y ’s chain-,. T h is
H fe '« e„ ,8ria « ULKp in ir "#tone to ®uccess in all
m ay likewise ask th e question: world, and could never have been crowned with thorns, a body c ru c i o fd f a life
s u n d e r ta k in g s , as i t develop« po w e r of
ln te H e c tija l p e rc e p tio n so th a t la te n t and a c tiv e
forgotten
by
secular
history.
Y
et,
W ill the com ing m an p ray ? As
fied between thieves, and a h eart c?ea7heZii
d ire c te d - in s u r in g a
N o th in g lik e it or
su red ly not, if the com ing woman beyond th a t daring assertion of broken by the abuse and desertion j ',.,s? * ood a a nd ? °und
p r a c tic a l. T h is ra re tre a t seat
i
h
Z
Teai
;
to<fether
wit*
>
samples
of oveTsc
don’t pray. In te llig e n t, reflecting Mathew, there is not a word in anv of brethren, are scenes in the d ra m a
record, and the phenom enon a p of life, played to the letter,
beings have been
Send a t once as th is o ffe r is lim ite d . S a m p le
co p y w ith an in te r e s tin g book o f o v e r HO p a ge,
pears
to
have
left
no
trace
am
ong
p « •*
‘‘T au g h t by m illen n iu m s of b a rre n
w hether on the stage of the o rth o fre e f o r 12 c e n ts in s’ a ra p s . A d d re s s
p ra y e r”
the witnesses.—From “ The C hrist dox churches or th e Liberal asso
1
M yth,” by E lizabeth E. Evans.
SECULAR SCIENCE AND COMMON SENSE
its u tte r uselessness.
ciations.
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